EDWARD F. DUNN

Edward (Ed) Francis Dunn, 67, of Prairie Village, Kan., passed away peacefully in his sleep on Nov. 30, 2009. Visitation will be held Thursday, Dec. 3, at McGilley Chapel at 12301 State Line, with a Mic- O-Say memorial service at 5 p.m. followed by the rosary at 5:30 p.m. and family visitation until 8 p.m. A funeral Mass will be the following morning at 10 a.m. at Cure of Ars Catholic Church, 9401 Mission Rd., Leawood, Kan. Ed was born Nov. 28, 1942, to John Patrick and Georgia Louise Dunn, who, along with his two brothers, preceded him in death. Ed was survived by his loving wife of 39 years, Ruthanne, of the home; their four sons and wives, Patrick and Emily Dunn of Lawrence, Kan., Richard Dunn and Kirsten Jacobsen of St. Louis, Mo., John and Shayna Dunn of Olathe, Kan., and Timothy and Susan Dunn of Van Buren, Mo.; and five grandchildren. Ed was a lifelong Kansas City resident who graduated from Rockhurst High School in 1959. An avid Wildcat, he earned his business degree from Kansas State University in 1963, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity. Ed worked in sales before joining the Internal Revenue Service. An active parishioner at Cure of Ars Church and member of the Knights of Columbus, he was heavily involved in the parish Boy Scout Troop and the district with which it was affiliated. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Ed's name to either the Heart of America Council of the Boy Scouts of America or the American Cancer Society.